Luís Filipe Vieira outraged at Benfica AGM: Members must understand | OneFootball

Luís Filipe Vieira regretted the scenes of fighting at the first General Assembly of Benfica. The former president of the eagles, candidate for the upcoming elections, was heavily booed and jeered by the members present - who ended up rejecting the Report and Accounts and the Electoral Regulation.

"What happened does not reflect Benfica. Benfica is in a delicate moment because it will soon have elections. The members have to understand that Benfica at this moment cannot leave here divided, divided it goes nowhere, none of us goes anywhere and the Benfica is the one that is harmed", he said.

"The appeal I make is that in the next elections the future of Benfica is clearly defined and whoever is chosen will be the president for four years. Once and for all, deep divergences must end. That for the rest of the day there is a participation à la Benfica and what I intended to say I can no longer say", admitted Luís Filipe Vieira.

Bruno Batista, Vieira's campaign director, issued a statement showing his discontent: "This has never happened in the centennial history of Benfica. Preventing a member from speaking was only possible because a radical group has long taken over these assemblies".

"We are applying in Benfica the hate speeches that we criticized in our rivals. The moral authors of this episode do not dignify the card with which they entered this assembly, nor do they represent the unity of Benfica. The members will know how to judge in the ballot boxes", he shot back.

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